Sasol Secunda Refinery

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Summary Information

• Ownership: Sasol
• Website: http://www.sasol.com/
• Location: Secunda
• Capacity: 7.5 million tons/annum & 150,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth:

Brief Description

• A coal to liquids CTL / Gas to Liquids GTL refinery

Refining Units

• Fischer-Tropsch (FT) units

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• Natural Gas imported via the Mozambique South Africa Gas Pipeline, from the Pande Gas Field and Temane Gas Field in Mozambique

Products Produced

• Petrol, diesel and jet fuel, as well as a range of chemicals

Ongoing Projects

• The refinery is being expanded

Other Information

• Although it is the plant where Sasol's proprietary Fischer-Tropsch technology that converts coal to liquid synthetic fuel was developed, the plant now uses only natural gas imported via pipeline from Mozambique as its feedstock.

History

• 2004 - The facility converted to gas following completion of the pipeline
• 2007 - Project launched to increase capacity

Relevant Links

1. Sasol orders new reactor as part of Synfuels expansion to meet SA growing demand for fuel

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